The Marxist philosopher and social thinker Henri Lefebvre (1901-1991), in his own words, saw philosophy as a critical conscience on real life. In this thematic overview of Lefebvre’s work, Elden…

Territory is one of the central political concepts of the modern world and, indeed, functions as the primary way the world is divided and controlled politically. This title provides an…

Michel Foucault’s The Archaeology of Knowledge was published in March 1969; Discipline and Punish in February 1975. Although only six years apart, the difference in tone is stark: the former…

On 20 May 1961 Foucault defended his two doctoral theses; on 2 December 1970 he gave his inaugural lecture at the College de France. Between these dates, he published four…

Michel Foucault’s work is rich with implications and insights concerning spatiality. This book is framed around his discussions with the French geography journal Herodote in the mid 1970s. It comprises…

One of the most influential Marxist theorists of the twentieth century, Henri Lefebvre pioneered the study of the modern state in an age of accelerating global economic integration and fragmentation…

Motivated by a desire to narrate and contextualize the deluge of ‘French theory,’ After the Deluege showcases recent work by today’s brightest scholars of French intellectual history that historicizes key…